Automatic phonograph



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Application March 28, 1946, Serial No. 657,849

3 Claims. (01. 274) The present invention relates to improvements in phonographs and relates more particularly to improvements in automatic phonographs, i. e., phonographs which will automatically shift from one recording surface to another.

One of the main objects of the present invention is to provide an automatic phonograph with a superior construction and arrangement of parts whereby the change from one recording surface to another is effected with minimum lapse of time.

is to provide a phonograph of the character re ferred to having a superior. construction and arrangement of parts whereby when it is desired to reverse a given record to play its opposite face, such reversal may be made substantially at the playing location to thereby avoid undue movement with consequent loss of time and possible damage to the record.

A still further object of the present invention 7 is to provide an automatic phonograph having a superior construction and arrangement of parts whereby records may be'removed from the turntable without violent and damaging shock.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic phonograph having a superior construction and arrangement of parts whereby records which have been played may be shifted from the turntable into a container without-violent dropping.

A further object is to provide a phonograph of the character referredto having asuperior construction and arrangement of parts whereby the maximum number of records-to-be-played may be held in position for ready transfer to a turntable.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic phonograph having a superior construction and arrangement of parts whereby the user may selectively provide for the playing of flout one face of a plurality of records in sequence, or provide for the playing of each of two opposite faces of a given record in sequence followed by the similar playing of additional records.

A further object is to provide a superior automatic phonograph having simple, reliable and effective means whereby'the user may in the midst of the playing of-a given recording surface cause the phonograph to either discard the record or turn the same over for playing the reverse side thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear to those skilled in the art from the present disclosure, this invention includes all features in the said disclosure which are novel over the prior art and which are not claimed in any separate application.

In the accompanying drawings, in which certain modes of carrying out the present invention are shown for illustrative purposes:

Fig. 1 is a top or plan view of one form of automatic phonograph constructed in accordance with the present invention and showing the parts in the positions which they assume during the playing of the first side of a small-diametered.

of the Fig. 3bis an edge view of V the showing of Fig. 3a;

Fig. 4 is a view in rear elevation of the showingof the preceding figures;

Fig. 4a is a broken detail sectional view taken on the line 411-411 of Fig. 4, but on a larger I scale;

Fig. 4b is a broken sectional view buttaken' on the line 411-411 of Fig.4a;

Fig. 5 is a view mainlyin central longitudinal section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 and partly in elevation; 1

Fig. 6 is a broken detailed sectional view of the record-transporting arm and associated parts taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view taken on,

Fig.9 is a broken detail sectional view taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 4;

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